From Hollywood to Bagram, Big Law to Fighting COVID-19: A Sheppard Mullin Associate's Unusual Path
John Drdek says writing for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," being a corporate litigator and handling public affairs for the Navy are more similar than one might expect.
May 12, 2020 at 06:40 PM
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John Drdek, an associate in Sheppard Mullin's business trial practice group practicing out of the firm's Del Mar, California, office, was packing May 8 for a flight to Hawaii—a strange trip to be taking during the middle of a pandemic.
It wasn't a vacation, though. The fourth-year associate was preparing for a two-month stay at COMPACFLT, also known as the headquarters of the United States' Navy Pacific Fleet.
Drdek, who has been a public affairs officer in the Navy reserve for more than a decade, was deployed May 9 to help the Navy with its communications efforts related to COVID-19.
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